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BY 

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FOREWORD 

This book is the first of a series of eight designed to 
furnish material for memory work and for supplemen- 
tary reading in elementary schools. These books have 
been compiled and arranged according to the tastes and 
opinions of our leading educational authorities as re- 
corded in the course of study in the chief cities of the 
United States. All of the pieces required or suggested 
for first-year memory work in the schools of New York 
City and of New Orleans will be found in this book. 
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Chicago, use has been made of the Report of the Com- 
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in all other cases, the compiler has had before him the 
courses of study now in force in all of the principal cities 
of our country. After a careful examination of them, 
it is believed that the material here furnished will satisfy 
the needs of first-year classes in more than ninety per 
cent, of the schools of the United States. 

It is, of course, impossible to include in a book like 
this every selection laid down for first-year work in every 
course of study. That would be to exhaust the supply 
and leave no material for the other primary books. 
Teachers who may wish to use other selections will, in 
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change of books from grade to grade will enable teachers 



iv ' FOREWORD 

to meet the demands of nearly or quite every course of 
study in the land. 

All educational authorities are agreed as to the impor- 
tance of memorizing good literature. Heretofore the 
pieces required for any grade have been scattered through 
a large number of volumes. Consequently teachers and pu- 
pils have been obliged to waste much valuable time in pre- 
paring unsatisfactory and inaccurate manuscript copies. 
In most cases, these are soon lost or destroyed, thus mak- 
ing impossible that frequent review without which the 
best results cannot be obtained. By the use of this series 
each pupil may be furnished with a printed copy of all 
the pieces to be learned. 

Each book of the series contains many more selections 
than can be memorized in a single year. The remainder 
of the pieces may profitably be used for supplementary 
reading. 

Melvin Hix. 

April 15, 1905. 



CONTENTS 



As I Went Through the Garden Gap 

Baa, Baa, Black Sheep 

Baby. The 

Boats Sail on the Rivers 

Busy Bee, The 

Cock Robin 

Cow, The 

Curly Locks 

Dainty Little Maiden 

Dewdrop, The 

Fire-Fly, The 

Golden Rule, The 

Good-Night 



Mother Goose 

. Mother Ooose 

Oeorge Macdonald 

Christina Rossetti 

Isaac Watts 

Mother Ooose 

Robert Louis Stevenson 

James WJiitcomb Riley 

Alfred Tennyson 

Frank Dempster Sherman 

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 



The New England Primer 
AND Good-Morning 

Richard Monckton Milnes 
House that Jack Built, The 



Humpty Dumpty 

Hush, the Waves are Rolling In 

I Have a Little Sister 

In the Heart op a Seed 

I Saw a Ship A-Sailing . 

Lady Moon 

Land op Counterpane, The 

Little Bo-Peep 

Little Boy Blue 

Little Drops of Water 

Little Jack Horner 

Little Nancy Etticoat 

Little Pussy 

Little Robin Redbreast 

Mary Had a Little Lamb 

MiLLroN^ Little Diamonds, A 

Mistress Mary 

Mother Hubbard . 



MotJier Ooose 



. Mother Ooose 
Kate L. Brown 

. Mother Ooose 

Lord Houghton 

Robert Louis Stevenson 

. Mother Ooose 

. Mother Ooose 

Brewer 

. Mother Ooose 

. Mother Ooose 

Jane Taylor 



Sara Josepha Hall 



Mother Ooose 
Mother Ooose 



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CONTENTS 



Robert Louis Stevenson 

Eliza Lee Fallen 

Edward Lear 

. Olive A. Wadswortli 

Mother Goose 



Nest Eggs 

New Moon, The . 

Nonsense Alphabet 

Over in the Meadow 

Peter Piper 

Proverbs and Popular Sayings* 

Rain is Raining All Around, The 

Robert Louis Stevenson 
Robin Redbreast .... William AUingham 
RocKABY, Baby, on the Tree Top . Mother Ooose 
RocKABY, Baby, Thy Cradle is Green Mother Ooose 
Sing a Song of Sixpence . . . Mother Ooose 
Sing, Robin, Sing 
Sleep, Baby, Sleep 



Snowflakes . 

Sunbeams, The 

Sun's Travels, The 

Suppose 

Sweet and Low 

Thank You, Pretty Cow 

Thirty White Horses 

This Little Pig Went to Market 

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star 



From the German 



Emilie Poxdsson 

Robert Louis Stevenson 

Alice Gary 

Alfred Tennyson 

Jane Taylor 

Mother Ooose 

Mother Ooose 

Jane Taylor 



What Does Little Birdie Say ? Alfred Tennyson 

What the Winds Bring Edmtmd Clarence Stedman 
Wind, The .... Robert Louis Stevenson 
Who Has Seen the Wind ? . . Christina Rossetti 



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PATRIOTIC SELECTIONS 



America 

American Flag, The 
Hail, Columbia ! . 
Home, Sweet Home 



Samuel Francis Smith, D. D. 

Joseph Rodman Drake 

Joseph Hopkinson 

. John Howard Payne 



Star-Spangled Banner, The 



Francis Scott Key 



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* Instructive Proverbs and Popular Sayings have been 
inserted on different pages throughout the book. 



THE 

APPROVED SELECTIONS 

FOR THE 
FIRST YEAR 



THE GOLDEN RULE 

Be you to others kind and true, 
As you'd have others be to you. 

The New England Primer. 
IN THE HEART OF A SEED 

In the heart of a seed, 

Buried deep, so deep, 
A dear, little plant 

Lay fast asleep. 

*' Wake," said the sunshine, 
" And creep to the light; " 

* * Wake, ' ' said the voice 
Of the raindrops bright. 

The little plant heard, 

And it rose to see 
What the beautiful 

Outside world might be. 

Kate L.Brown. 



2 SELECTIONS FOB MEMORIZING 

ROCKABY, BABY, ON THE TREE TOP 

Rockaby, baby, on the tree top, 
When the wind blows, the cradle will rock, 
"When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall, 
Down comes the baby, cradle, and all. 

Mother Goose. 
ROCKABY, BABY, THY CRADLE IS GREEN 

Rockaby, baby, thy cradle is green ; 
Father's a nobleman, mother's a queen. 
And Betty's a lady, and wears a gold ring. 
And Johnny's a drummer, and drums for the 
king. 

Mother Ooose. 
THIS LITTLE PIG WENT TO MARKET 

This little pig went to market; 
This little pig stayed home ; 
This little pig had roast beef ; 
This little pig had none ; 
This little pig said ' ' Wee, wee, ' ' 
All the way home. 

Mother Ooose. 
THIRTY WHITE HORSES 

Thirty white horses on a red hill. 
Now they tramp, now they champ, now they 
stand still. 

Motlier Ooose. 



AND SUPPLEMENTARY READING 3 

THE DEWDROP* 

Little drop of dew, 

Like a gem you are ; 
I believe that you 

Must have been a star. 

When the day is bright, 

On the grass you lie ; 
Tell me, then, at night 

Are you in the sky? 

Frank Dempster Sherman. 



SING, ROBIN, SING 

Sing, Robin, sing. 
High up in the tree ! 

Sing a sweet song 
For baby and me. 

Sing, Robin, sing, 
For baby and me, 

Sing for your little ones 
High in the tree ! 



As white as snow. 
As black as a crow. 

* By permission of and by special arrangement with 
Houghton, Mifflin & Co, 



SELECTIONS FOR MEMORIZING 
WHO HAS SEEN THE WIND? 

Who has seen the wind? 

Neither I nor you. 
But when the leaves hang trembling, 

The wind is passing through. 

Who has seen the wind? 

Neither you nor I ; 
But when the trees bow down their heads, 

The wind is passing by. 

Christina Rossetti. 
BOATS SAIL ON THE RIVERS 

Boats sail on the rivers, 
And ships sail on the seas ; 

But clouds that sail across the sky 
Are prettier far than these. 

There are bridges on the rivers. 

As pretty as you please ; 
But the bow that bridges heaven 
And overtops the trees 
And builds a road from earth to sky. 

Is prettier far than these. 

Christina Rossetti. 
THE RAIN IS RAINING ALL AROUND 

The rain is raining all around. 
It falls on field and tree. 

It rains on the umbrellas here. 
And on the ships at sea. 

Robert Louis Stevenson. 



AND SUPPLEMENTARY BEADING 
THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT 

This is the house that Jack built. 

This is the malt 

That lay in the house that Jack built. 

This is the rat, 

That ate the malt 

That lay in the house that Jack built. 

This is the cat, 

That killed the rat, 

That ate the malt 

That lay in the house that Jack built. 

This is the dog, 

That worried the cat, 

That killed the rat. 

That ate the malt 

That lay in the house that Jack built. 

This is the cow with the crumpled horn, 

That tossed the dog. 

That worried the cat, 

That killed the rat. 

That ate the malt 

That lay in the house that Jack built. 



6 SELECTIONS FOB MEMORIZING 

This is the maiden all forlorn, 

That milked the cow with the crmnpled horn, 

That tossed the dog, 

That worried the cat, 

That killed the rat. 

That ate the malt 

That lay in the house that Jack built. 

This is the man all tattered and torn, 

That kissed the maiden all forlorn, 

That milked the cow with the crumpled horn. 

That tossed the dog. 

That worried the cat, 

That killed the rat. 

That ate the malt 

That lay in the house that Jack built. 

This is the priest all shaven and shorn. 

That married the man all tattered and torn. 

That kissed the maiden all forlorn. 

That milked the cow with the crumpled horn, 

That tossed the dog. 

That worried the cat, 

That killed the rat, 

That ate the malt 

That lay in the house that Jack built. 

This is the cock that crowed in the morn. 
That waked the priest all shaven and shorn. 



AND SUPPLEMENTARY BEADING 7 

That married the man all tattered and torn, 

That kissed the maiden all forlorn, 

That milked the cow with the crumpled horn, 

That tossed the dog. 

That worried the cat. 

That killed the rat. 

That ate the malt 

That lay in the house that Jack built. 

This is the farmer sowing his corn, 

That kept the cock that crowed in the morn. 

That waked the priest all shaven and shorn, 

That married the man all tattered and torn. 

That kissed the maiden all forlorn. 

That milked the cow with the crumpled horn. 

That tossed the dog. 

That worried the cat, 

That killed the rat. 

That ate the malt 

That lay in the house that Jack built. 

BAA, BAA, BLACK SHEEP 

Baa, baa, black sheep, have you any wool? 
Yes, marry, have I, three bags full ; 
One for my master, one for his dame. 
And one for the little boy that lives in the 
lane. 

Mother Ooose. 



SELECTIONS FOR MEMORIZING 
LITTLE DROPS OF WATER 

Little drops of water, 
Little grains of sand, 

Make the mighty ocean 
And the pleasant land ; 

And the little minutes, 
Hmnble though they be, 

Make the mighty ages 
Of eternity. 

So our little errors 
Lead the soul away 

From the path of virtue, 
Oft in sin to stray. 

Little deeds of kindness, 
Little words of love, 

Make our earth an Eden, 
Like the heaven above. 



Breicer. 



Have a place for everything and everything 
in its place. 



A liar is not believed even when he speaks the 
truth. 



AND SUPPLEMENTARY BEADING 9 

TWINKLE, TWINKLE, LITTLE STAR 

Twinkle, twinkle, little star; 
How I wonder what you are ! 
Up above the world so high, 
Like a diamond in the sky. 

Wlien the glorious sun is set. 
When the grass with dew is wet, 
Then you show your little light, 
Twinkle, twinkle, all the night. 

In the dark blue sky you keep. 
And often through my curtains peep ; 
For you never shut your eye 
Till the sun is in the sky. 

As your bright and tiny spark. 
Lights the traveller in the dark. 
Though I know not what you are, 
Twinke, twinkle, little star. 

Jane Taylor. 
I HAVE A LITTLE SISTER 

I have a little sister, they call her peep, peep ; 
She wades the waters deep, deep, deep ; 
She climbs the mountains high, high, high; 
Poor little creature, she has but one eye. 

Mother Goose. 



10 SELECTIONS FOB MEMORIZING 
COCK ROBIN 

Who killed Cock Robin! 
'' I," said the Sparrow, 
*' With my bow and arrow, 

I killed Cock Robin." 

Who saw him die ? 

'' I," said the Fly, 

'' With my little eye, 
And I saw him die." 

Who caught his blood? 

''I," said the Fish, 

'' With my little dish, 
And I caught his blood." 

Who made his shroud f 

'' I," said the Beadle, 

*' With my little needle, 
And I made his shroud. ' ' 

Who shall dig his gravel 

''I," said the Owl, 

'* With my spade and showl [shovel], 
And I'll dig his grave." 

Who'll be the parson? 

''I," said the Rook, 

" With my little book. 
And I'll be the parson." 



AND SUPPLEMENTARY READING 11 

Who'll be the clerk! 

" I," said the Lark, 

'' If it's not in the dark, 
And I'll be the clerk." 

Who'll carry him to the grave? 

''I," said the Kite, 

*' If 'tis not in the night. 
And I'll carry him to his grave." 

Who'll carry the link? 

"I," said the Linnet, 

*' I'll fetch it in a minute, 
And I'll carry the link. ' ' 

Who'll be the chief mourner? 

'^ I," said the Dove, 

* * I mourn for my love. 
And I'll be chief mourner." 

Who'll bear the pall? 
" We," said the Wren, 
Both the Cock and the Hen, 

*' And we'll bear the pall." 

Who'll sing a psalm? 

"I," said the Thrush, 

As she sat in a bush, 
'* And I'll sing a psalm." 



12 SELECTIONS FOR MEMORIZING 

Who'll toll the bell? 

'a," said the Bull, 

'' Because I can pull; " 
And so, Cock Robin, farewell. 

Mother Ooose. 
MISTRESS MARY 

' ' Mistress Mary, quite contrary, 
How does your garden grow? " 
' * With silver bells and cockle shells, 
And pretty maids all in a row. ' ' 

Mother Goose. 
LITTLE BOY BLUE 

Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn, 

The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the 

corn; 
What ! is this the way you mind your sheep, 
Under the hay-cock, fast asleep? 

Mother Goose. 

HUMPTY DUMPTY 

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall ; 

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall ; 

Not all the king's horses, nor all the king's 

men 
Could set Humpty Dumpty up again. 

Mother Goose. 



AND SUPPLEMENTARY BEADING 13 
LITTLE PUSSY 

I love little Pussy, 

Her coat is so warm ; 
And if I don't hurt her 

She'll do me no harm. 

So I'll not pull her tail, 

Nor drive her away, 
But Pussy and I 

Very gently will play. 

She shall sit by my side, 

And I'll give her some food; 

And she'll love me because 
I am gentle and good. 

I'll pat little Pussy, 

And then she will purr. 
And thus show her thanks 

For my kindness to her. 

I'll not pinch her ears, 

Nor tread on her paw. 
Lest I should provoke her 

To use her sharp claw. 

I never will vex her, 

Nor make her displeased. 

For Puss doesn't like 
To be worried or teased. 

Jane Taylor. 



14 SELECTIONS FOR MEMORIZING 
LITTLE BO-PEEP 

Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep 
And can't tell where to find them; 

Leave them alone, and they'll come home, 
And bring their tails behind them. 

Little Bo-Peep fell fast asleep, 

And dreamt she heard them bleating ; 

But when she awoke, she found it a joke, 
For still they all were fleeting. 

Then up she took her little crook. 

Determined for to find them; 
She found them, indeed, but it made her heart 
bleed. 

For they'd left their tails behind them. 

Mother Goose. 
LITTLE NANCY ETTICOAT 

Little Nancy Etticoat, 
In a white petticoat, 
And a red nose ; 
The longer she stands. 



The shorter she grows. 



Motlier Goose. 



The world is so full of a number of things, 
I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings. 

• Bobert Louis Stevenson. 



AND SUPPLEMENTARY BEADING 15 
SLEEP, BABY, SLEEP 

Sleep, baby, sleep, 
Thy father is watching the sheep ! 
Thy mother is shaking the dreamland tree. 
And down drops a little dream for thee, 

Sleep, baby, sleep ! 



Sleep, baby, sleep ! 
The great stars are the sheep, 
The little stars are the lambs, I guess ; 
The bright moon is the shepherdess. 

Sleep, baby, sleep ! 



Sleep, baby, sleep ! 
Thy father is watching the sheep ! 
Thy mother is shaking the dreamland tree, 
And down drops a little dream for thee. 

Sleep, baby, sleep ! 

From tJie Oerman. 



As busy as a bee. 
As deep as the sea. 
As tall as a tree. 



16 SELECTIONS FOR MEMORIZING 

I SAW A SHIP A-SAILING 

I saw a ship a sailing, 

A-sailing on the sea ; 
And, oh ! it was all laden 

With pretty things for thee ! 

There were comfits, in the cabin, 

And apples in the hold ; 
The sails were made of silk, 

And the masts were made of gold. 

The four and twenty sailors 
That stood between the decks 

Were four and twenty white mice, 
With chains about their necks. 

The captain was a duck. 
With a packet on his back, 

And, when the ship began to move. 
The captain said, '' Quack! quack! " 

Mother Ooose. 



As warm as toast. 
As like as two peas. 
As merry as a cricket. 



AND SUPPLEMENTARY READING 17 



THANK YOU, PRETTY COW 

Thank you, pretty cow, that made 
Pleasant milk to soak my bread, 

Every day and every night. 
Warm, and fresh, and sweet, and white. 



Do not chew the hemlock rank, 
Growing on the weedy bank ; 

But the yellow cowslips eat. 
That will make it very sweet. 



Where the purple violet grows, 
Where the bubbling water flows, 

Where the grass is fresh and fine, 
Pretty cow, go there and dine. 

Jane Taylor. 



As slow as a snail. 
As dead as a door nail. 



As quiet as a mouse. 
As tall as a house. 



18 SELECTIONS FOB MEMORIZING 



HUSH! THE WAVES ARE ROLLING IN! 

Hush ! the waves are rolling in, 
White with foam, white with foam ; 

Father toils amid the din ; 
But baby sleeps at home. 

Hush ! the winds roar hoarse and deep- 
On they come, on they come ! 

Brother seeks the wandering sheep ; 
But baby sleeps at home. 

Hush! the rain sweeps o'er the knowes, 
Where they roam, where they roam ; 

Sister goes to seek the cows; 
But baby sleeps at home. 



A MILLION LITTLE DIAMONDS 

A million little diamonds 

Twinkled in the trees. 
And all the little maidens said, 

*' A jewel if you please ! " 

But while they held their hands 
To catch the diamonds gay, 

A million little sunbeams came 
And stole them all away. 



AND SUPPLEMENTARY BEADING 19 
SING A SONG OF SIXPENCE 

Sing a song of sixpence, 

A pocket full of rye ; 
Four and twenty blackbirds 

Baked in a pie. 

When the pie was opened, 

The birds began to sing; 
Was not that a dainty dish 

To set before a king? 

The king was in the parlor, 

Counting out his money ; 
The queen was in the kitchen, 

Eating bread and honey. 

The maid was in the garden, 

Hanging out the clothes ; 
Along came a blackbird, 

And snipped off her nose. 

Mother Goose. 
LITTLE JACK HORNER 

Little Jack Horner sat in a corner, 

Eating a Christmas pie ; 
He put in his thumb, and pulled out a plum. 

And said, " What a good boy am I! " 

Mother Goose. 



20 SELECTIONS FOB MEMORIZINa 



MOTHER HUBBARD 

Old Mother Hubbard 
Went to the cupboard, 

To get her poor dog a bone ; 
But when she came there, 
The cupboard was bare, 

And so the poor dog had none. 

She went to the baker's 
To buy him some bread ; 

But when she came back, 
The poor dog was dead. 

She went to the joiner's 

To buy him a coffin; 
But when she came back. 

The poor dog was laughing. 

She took a clean dish 
To get him some tripe; 

But when she came back, 
He was smoking his pipe. 

She went to the fishmonger's 

To buy him some fish ; 
And when she came back. 

He was licking the dish. 



AND SUPPLEMENTARY BEADING 21 

She went to the ale-house 

To get him some beer ; 
But when she came back, 

The dog sat in a chair. 



She went to the tavern 
For white wine and red ; 

But when she came back, 
The dog stood on his head. 



She went to the hatter's 
To buy him a hat; 

But when she came back, 
He was feeding the cat. 



She went to the barber's 
To buy him a wig ; 

But when she came back, 
He was dancing a jig. 



She went to the fruiterer's 
To buy him some fruit ; 

But when she came back, 
He was playing the flute. 



22 SELECTIONS FOR MEMORIZING 

She went to the tailor's 

To buy him a coat ; 
But when she came back, 

He was riding a goat. 



She went to the cobbler 's 
To buy him some shoes ; 

But when she came back, 
He was reading the news. 



She went to the seamstress 
To buy him some linen; 

But when she came back, 
The dog was spinning. 



She went to the hosier's 
To buy him some hose ; 

But when she came back, 
He was dressed in his clothes. 



The dame made a curtsy, 

The dog made a bow ; 
The dame said, Your servant, 

The dog said, Bow, wow. 

Mother Goose. 



AND SUPPLEMENTARY READING 23 
MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB 

Mary had a little lamb, 

Its fleece was white as snow; 
And everywhere that Mary went 

The lamb was sure to go. 

He followed her to school one day, — 

That was against the rule; 
It made the children laugh and play, 

To see a lamb at school. 

So the teacher turned him out, 

But still he lingered near, 
And waited patiently about, 

Till Mary did appear. 

Then he ran to her, and laid 

His head upon her arm, 
As if he said, ''I'm not afraid, — 

You'll keep me from all harm." 

' ' What makes the lamb love Mary so ? ' * — 

The eager children cry. 
*' Oh, Mary loves the lamb, you know," 

The teacher did reply. 

Sara Josepha Hall. 



24 SELECTIONS FOR MEMORIZING 



GOOD-NIGHT AND GOOD-MORNING 

A fair little girl sat under a tree, 
Sewing as long as her eyes could see ; 
Then smoothed her work and folded it right, 
And said, " Dear work, good-night, good- 
night! " 

Such a number of rooks came over her head, 
Crying ' ' Caw ! Caw ! " on their way to bed, 
She said, as she watched their curious flight, 
" Little black things, good-night, good- 
night! " 

The horses neighed, and the oxen lowed. 
The sheep 's ' ' Bleat ! Bleat ! ' ' came over the 

road; 
All seeming to say, with a quiet delight, 
'' Good little girl, good-night, good-night! " 

She did not say to the sun, '^ Good-night! " 
Though she saw him there like a ball of light; 
For she knew he had God's time to keep 
All over the world and never could sleep. 

The tall pink foxglove bowed his head ; 
The violets curtsied, and went to bed ; 
And good little Lucy tied up her hair. 
And said, on her knees, her favorite prayer. 



AND SUPPLEMENTARY BEADING 25 

And while on her pillow she softly lay, 
She knew nothing more till again it was day ; 
And all things said to the beautiful sun, 
*' Good-morning, good-morning! our work is 
begun. ' * 

Richard Monckton Milnes. 



THE COW 

The friendly cow all red and white, 

I love with all my heart ; 
She gives me cream with all her might, 

To eat with apple-tart. 

She wanders lowing here and there, 

And yet she cannot stray, 
All in the pleasant open air, 

The pleasant light of day ; 

And blown by all the winds that pass 
And wet with all the showers. 

She walks among the meadow grass 
And eats the meadow flowers. 

Robert Louis Stevenson. 



As plain as the nose on a man's face. 



26 SELECTIONS FOR MEMORIZING 



NEST EGGS 

Birds all the summer day 
Flutter and quarrel, 
Here in the arbor-like 
Tent of the laurel. 

Here in the fork 
The brown nest is seated; 
Four little blue eggs 
The mother keeps heated. 

While we standing watching her, 
Staring like gabies, 
Safe in each ^gg are the 
Bird's little babies. 

Soon the frail eggs they shall 
Chip, and, upspringing, 
Make all the April woods 
Merry with singing. 

Younger than we are, 
O children, and frailer. 
Soon in blue air they'll be, 
Singer and sailor. 

Robert Louis Stevenson. 



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THE NEW MOON 

Dear mother, how pretty 

The moon looks to-night! 
She was never so cunning before ; 

Her two little horns 

Are so sharp and so bright, 
I hope she'll not grow any more. 

If I were up there, \ 

With you and my friends, 
I'd rock in it nicely, you'd see; 

I'd sit in the middle 

And hold by both ends ; 
Oh, what a bright cradle 'twould be ! 

I would call to the stars 

To keep out of the way, 
Lest we should rock over their toes ; 

And then I would rock 

Till the dawn of the day, 
And see where the pretty moon goes. 

And there we would stay 

In the beautiful skies. 
And through the bright clouds we would 
roam ; 

We would see the sun set, 

And see the sun rise. 
And on the next rainbow come home. 

Eliza Lee Fallen. 



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SWEET AND LOW 

Sweet and low, sweet and low, 
Wind of the western sea, 

Low, low, breathe and blow. 
Wind of the western sea! 

Over the rolling waters go. 

Come from the dying moon, and blow, 
Blow him again to me ; 
While my little one, while my pretty one, 

sleeps. 

Sleep and rest, sleep and rest. 
Father will come to thee soon ; 

Rest, rest on mother's breast. 
Father will come to thee soon ; 

Father will come to his babe in the nest, 

Silver sails all out of the west. 
Under the silver moon. 
Sleep, my little one, sleep, my pretty one, 

sleep. 

Alfred Tennyson. 



As proud as a peacock, as sly as a fox ; 
As mad as a hatter, as strong as an ox ; 
As pure as an angel, as neat as a pin ; 
As smart as a steel-trap, as ugly as sin. 



AND SUPPLEMENTARY BEADING 29 



THE BABY 

" Where did you come from, baby dear^ " 
" Out of the everywhere into the here." 

'^ Where did you get your eyes so blue? " 
'' Out of the skies, as I came through." 

^' What makes the light in them sparkle and 

spin? " 
*' Some of the starry spikes left in." 

^' Where did you get that little tear? " 
' ' I found it waiting when I got here. ' ' 

'' What makes your forehead so smooth and 

high? " 
'' A soft hand stroked it as I went by." 

' ' What makes your cheek like a warm, white 
rose? " 



<< 



Something better than anyone knows." 



*' Whence that three-cornered smile of 

bliss? " 
li Three angels gave me at once a kiss." 



" Where did you get that pearly ear? 
" God spoke, and it came out to hear. 



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' ' Where did you get those arms and hands I ' ' 
' ' Love made itself into hooks and bands. ' ' 

*' Feet, whence did you come, you darling 

things? " 
" From the same box as the cherub's wings." 

* '■ How did they all just come to be you ? ' ' 
' ' God thought about me, and so I grew. ' ' 

*' But how did you come to us, you dear? " 
" God thought of you, and so I am here." 

Oeorge Macdonald. 
THE SUN'S TRAVELS 

The sun is not abed, when I 

At night upon my pillow lie ; 

Still round the earth his way he takes, 

And morning after morning wakes. 

While here at home, in shining day, 
We round the sunny garden play. 
Each little Indian sleepy-head 
Is being kissed and put to bed. 

And when at eve I rise from tea, 
Day dawns beyond the Atlantic Sea ; 
And all the children in the West 
Are getting up and being dressed. 

Robert Louis Stevenson. 



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SUPPOSE 

Suppose, my little lady, 

Your doll should break her head, 
Could you make it whole by crying 

Till your eyes and nose are red? 
And wouldn't it be pleasanter 

To treat it as a joke ; 
And say you're glad, " 'Twas Dolly's 

And not your head that broke? " 

Suppose you're dressed for walking, 

And the rain comes pouring down, 
Will it clear oif any sooner 

Because you scold and frown? 
And wouldn't it be nicer 

For you to smile than pout. 
And so make sunshine in the house 

When there is none without? 

Suppose your task, my little man, 

Is very hard to get. 
Will it make it any easier 

For you to sit and fret? 
And wouldn't it be wiser, 

Than waiting like a dunce. 
To go to work in earnest. 

And learn the thing at once ? 

Alice Gary. 



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WHAT DOES LITTLE BIRDIE SAY? 

What does little birdie say, 
In her nest at peep of day? 
' ' Let me fly, ' ' says little birdie ; 

' ' Mother, let me fly away. ' ' 
'' Birdie, rest a little longer. 
Till the little wings are stronger. ' ' 
So she rests a little longer, 

Then she flies away. 



"What does little baby say, 
In her bed at peep of day ? 
Baby says, like little birdie, 

" Let me rise and fly away." 
' ' Baby, sleep a little longer. 
Till the little limbs are stronger. ' ' 
If she sleeps a little longer, 

Baby, too, shall fly away. 

Alfred Tennyson. 



Early to bed and early 

to rise 
Makes a man healthy, wealthy 

and wise. 



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THE BUSY BEE 

How doth the little busy bee 
Improve each shining hour, 

And gather honey all the day 
From every opening flower ! 

How skilfully she builds her cell, 
How neat she spreads the wax ! 

And labors hard to store it well 
With the sweet food she makes. 

In works of labor or of skill, 

I would be busy too ; 
For Satan finds some mischief still 

For idle hands to do. 

In books, or work, or healthful play, 

Let my first years be past. 
That I may give for every day 

Some good account at last. 

* Isaac Watts. 



As deep as a well. 
As clear as a bell. 
As true as steel. 
As round as a wheel. 



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NONSENSE ALPHABET 

A was an ant, who seldom stood still 
and who made a nice house in the side of a 
hill. 

B was a book, with a binding of blue, 

and pictures and stories for me and for you. 

C was a cat, who ran after a rat, 
but his courage did fail, when she seized on 
his tail. 

D was a duck, with spots on his back, 

who lived in the water, and always said quack. 

E was an elephant, stately and wise ; 
he had tusks and a trunk and two queer little 
eyes. 

F was a fish, who was caught in a net, 
but he got out again, and is quite alive yet. 

G was a goat, who was spotted and brown ; 
when he did not lie still, he walked up and 
down. 

H was a hat, which was all on one side ; 
its crown was too high, and its brim was too 
wide. 

I was some ice, so white and so nice, 

but which nobody tasted, and so it was wasted. 



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J was a jug, so pretty and white, 

with fresh water in it at morning and night. 

K was a kite, which flew out of sight, 
above houses so high, quite into the sky. 

L was a light, which burned all the night 
and lighted the gloom of a very dark room. 

M was a mill, which stood on a hill 
and turned round and round with a loud 
humming sound. 

N was a net, which was thrown in the sea, 
to catch fish for dinner for you and me. 

O was an orange, so yellow and round; 
when it fell off the tree, it fell down to the 
ground. 

P was a pig, who was not very big, 
but his tail was too curly, and that made him 
surly. 

Q was a quail with a very short tail, 
and he fed upon corn, in the evening and 
morn. 

R was a rabbit, who had a bad habit 

of eating the flowers in gardens and bowers. 

S was the sugar-tongs-nippitty-nee 
to take up the sugar to put in our tea. 

Twas a tortoise, all yellow and black; 

he walked slowly away and never came back. 



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U was an urn, all polished and bright 
and full of hot water at noon and at night. 

V was a villa, which stood on a hill 

by the side of a river and close to a mill. 

"W was a whale, with a very long tail, 
whose movements were frantic across the 
Atlantic. 

X was King Xerxes, who more than all 

Turks is 
renowned for his fashion of fury and passion. 

Y was a yew, which flourished and grew 

by a quiet abode, near the side of the road. 

Z was some zinc, so shiny and bright, 
which caused you to wink in the sun's merry 
light. 

Edward Lear. 



PETER PIPER 

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers ; 

A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked ; 

If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pep- 
pers, 

Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter 
Piper picked? 

Mother Ooose. 



AND SUPPLEMENTARY BEADING 37 

THE WIND 

I saw you toss the kites on high 
And blow the birds about the sky; 
And all around I heard you pass, 
Like ladies' skirts across the grass— 
wind, a-blowing all day long, 
wind, that sings so loud a song ! 

I saw the different things you did. 
But always you yourself you hid. 
I felt you push, I heard you call, 
I could not see yourself at all — 
wind, a-blowing all day long, 
wind, that sings so loud a song ! 

O you that are so strong and cold, 
blower, are you young or old? 
Are you a beast of field and tree, 
Or just a stronger child than me? 
O wind, a-blowing all day long, 
wind, that sings so loud a song ! 

Robert Louis Stevenson. 



Where there is a will, there is a way. 
A stitch in time saves nine. 
A man is known by the company he keeps. 
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 



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OVER IN THE MEADOW 

Over in the meadow. 

In the sand, in the sun, 
Lived an old mother-toad 

And her little toadie one. 
' ' Wink ! ' ' said the mother ; 

' ' I wink, ' ' said the one ; 
So she winked and she blinked, 

In the sand, in the sun. 

Over in the meadow. 

Where the stream runs blue, 
Lived an old mother-fish. 

And her little fishes two. 
" Swim! " said the mother; 

" We swim," said the two; 
So they swam and they leaped 

Where the stream runs blue. 

Over in the meadow. 

In a hole in a tree, 
Lived a mother-bluebird. 

And her little birdies three. 
" Sing! " said the mother; 

'' We sing," said the three; 
So they sang, and were glad, 

In the hole in the tree. 



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Over in the meadow, 

In the reeds on the shore, 
Lived a mother-muskrat, 

And her little ratties four. 
** Dive! " said the mother; 

" We dive," said the four; 
So they dived and they burrowed 

In the reeds on the shore. 



Over in the meadow, 

In a snug beehive. 
Lived a mother-honey-bee 

And her little honeys five. 
*' Buzz! " said the mother; 

'' We buzz," said the five; 
So they buzzed and they hummed, 

In the snug beehive. 



Over in the meadow, 

In a nest built of sticks, 
Lived a black mother-crow. 

And her little crows six. 
* ' Caw ! ' ' said the mother ; 

* '■ We caw, ' ' said the six ; 
So they cawed and they called 

In their nest built of sticks. 



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Over in the meadow, 

Where the grass is so even, 
Lived a gay mother-cricket 

And her little crickets seven. 
** Chirp! " said the mother; 

* ' We chirp, ' ' said the seven ; 
So they chirped cheery notes 

In the grass soft and even. 



Over in the meadow, 

By the old mossy gate. 
Lived a brown mother-lizard 

And her little lizards eight. 
* ' Bask ! ' ' said the mother ; 

'' We bask," said the eight; 
So they basked in the sun. 

By the old mossy gate. 



Over in the meadow, 

Where the pools shine, 
Lived a green mother-frog. 

And her little froggies nine. 
*' Croak ! " said the mother ; 

' ' We croak, ' ' said the nine ; 
So they croaked and they splashed, 

Where the clear pools shine. 



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Over in the meadow, 

In a sly little den, 
Lived a gray mother-spider, 

And her little spiders ten. 
* * Spin ! ' ' said the mother ; 

* '■ We spin, ' ' said the ten ; 
So they spun lace webs, 

In their sly little den. 



Over in the meadow. 

In the soft summer even, 
Lived a mother-fire-fly, 

And her little flies eleven. 
^' Shine! " said the mother; 

' ' We shine, ' ' said the eleven ; 
So they shone like stars. 

In the soft summer even. 



Over in the meadow. 

Where the wise men dig and delve, 
Lived a wise mother-ant. 

And her little anties twelve. 
*' Toil! " said the mother; 

'' We toil," said the twelve; 
So they toiled and were wise. 

Where the men dig and delve. 

Olive A. Wadsworth. 



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LITTLE ROBIN REDBREAST 

I'm little robin redbreast, 

My nest is on a tree ; 
If you but look in yonder glen, 

My pleasant home you'll see. 
We made it very soft and nice. 

My darling mate and I; 
And all the time we worked at it, 

We sang most merrily. 

And did you hear the concert 

This morning from our tree! 
We give it every morning 

Just as the clock strikes three. 
We praise our great Creator, 

Whose holy love we share ; 
Dear child, learn thou to praise Him, too, 

For all His tender care. 



There came to my window, 

One morning in spring, 
A sweet little robin; 

It came there to sing. 
And the tune that it sang 

Was prettier far 
Than ever I heard 

On flute or guitar. 



AND SUPPLEMENTARY READING 43 
WHAT THE WINDS BRING* 

*^ Which is the wind that brings the cold? " — 
" The North-wind, Freddy — and all the 
snow; 

And the sheep will scamper into the fold, 
When the North begins to blow. ' ' 

** Which is the wind that brings the 
heat! "— 
*' The South-wind, Katy; and corn will 
grow, 
And peaches redden, for you to eat, 
When the South begins to blow." 

" Which is the wind that brings the rain? " — 
" The East-wind, Arty; and farmers know 

That cows come shivering up the lane, 
When the East begins to blow. ' ' 

*' Wliich is the wind that brings the 
flowers? "— 

^' The West-wind, Bessy; and soft and low 
The birdies sing in the summer hours, 

When the West begins to blow. ' ' 

Edmund Clarence Stedman. 

* By permission of and by special arrangement with 
Houghton, Mifflin & Co. 



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ROBIN REDBREAST 

Good-by, good-by to summer, 

For summer's nearly done; 
The garden smiling faintly, 

Cool breezes in the sun ; 
Our thrushes now are silent. 

Our swallows flown away, — 
But Eobin 's here, a coat of brown, 

And ruddy breast-knot gay. 
Robin, Robin Redbreast, 

Robin, dear ! 
Robin sings so sweetly 

In the falling of the year. 



Bright yellow, red and orange. 

The leaves come down in hosts ; 
The trees are Indian princes. 

But soon they'll turn to ghosts; 
The scanty pears and apples 

Hang russet on the bough ; 
It 's autumn, autumn, autumn late, 

'Twill soon be winter now, 
Robin, Robin Redbreast, 

Robin, dear ! 
And what will this poor Robin do ? 

For pinching days are near. 



AND SUPPLEMENTARY BEADING 45 

The fireside for the cricket, 

The wheatstack for the mouse, 
"When trembling night-winds whistle 

And moan all round the house, 
The frosty ways like iron. 

The branches plumed with snow, — 
Alas ! in winter dead and dark, 

Where can poor Robin go ? 
Robin, Robin Redbreast, 

Robin, dear ! 
And a crumb of bread for Robin, 

His little heart to cheer. 

William Allingliam. 



SNOWFLAKES 

Whene'er a snowflake leaves the sky 

It turns and turns, to say "■ Good-bye, 

Good-bye, dear cloud, so cool and gray," 

Then turns and hastens on its way. 

*' Good day ! " it says ; '' Good day to thee. 

Thou art so bare and lonely, dear, 

I'll rest and call my playmates here." 

But when a snowflake, brave and meek, 
Lights on a little maiden's cheek, 
It starts—' ' How warm and mild the day— 
'Tis summer," and it melts away. 



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CURLY LOCKS* 

Curly Locks ! Curly Locks ! wilt thou be mine? 
Thou shalt not wash the dishes nor yet feed 

the swine, — 
But sit on a cushion and sew a fine seam, 
And feast upon strawberries, sugar, and 

cream. 

Curly Locks! Curly Locks! wilt thou be 

mine? 
The throb of my heart is in every line. 
And the pulse of a passion as airy and glad 
In its musical beat as the little Prince had ! 

Thou shalt not wash the dishes nor yet feed 

the swine! — 
I'll dapple thy hands with these kisses of 

mine 
Till the pink of the nail of each finger shall 

be 
As a little pet blush in full blossom for me. 

But sit on a cushion and sew a fine seam, 
And thou shalt have fabric as fair as a 

dream, — 
The red of my veins, and the white of my 

love. 
And the gold of my joy for the braiding 

thereof. 

* Used by special permission of the publishers, The Bobbs- 
Merrill Company. From "Rhymes of Childhood," copy- 
right 1900. 



AND SUPPLEMENTARY BEADING 47 

And feast upon strawberries, sugar, and 

cream 
From a service of silver with jewels agleam ; 
At thy feet will I bide, at thy beck will I rise. 
And twinkle my soul in the night of thine 

eyes! 

Curly Locks! Curly Locks! wilt thou be 

mine? 
Thou shalt not wash the dishes, nor yet feed 

the swine, — 
But sit on a cushion and sew a fine seam, 
And feast upon strawberries, sugar, and 

cream. 

James Whitcomb Riley. 



AS I WENT THROUGH THE GARDEN GAP 

As I went through the garden gap. 
Whom should I meet but Dick Red-Cap ; 
A stick in his hand, a bone in his throat ; 
If you'll tell me this riddle, I'll give you a 
groat. 

Mother Goose. 



When the cat is away the little mice play ; 
Where there is a will there is always a way. 



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THE LAND OF COUNTERPANE 

When I was sick and lay a-bed, 
I had two pillows at my head, 
And all my toys beside me lay 
To keep me happy all the day. 

And sometimes for an hour or so 
I watched my leaden soldiers go, 
With different uniforms and drills, 
Among the bed-clothes, through the hills. 

And sometimes sent my ships in fleets, 
All up and down among the sheets ; 
Or brought my trees and houses out, 
And planted cities all about. 

I was the giant great and still 
That sits upon the pillow-hill. 
And sees before him, dale and plain, 
The pleasant Land of Counterpane. 

Robert Louis Stevenson. 



By friendly deeds is friendship won. 

If you want a friend you must first be one. 



AND SUPPLEMENTARY BEADING 49 



THE SUNBEAMS* 

^' Now, what shall I send to the Earth to- 
day? " 
Said the great, round, golden Sun. 
^' Oh! let us go down there to work and 
play," 
Said the Sunbeams, every one. 

So down to the Earth in a shining crowd, 

Went the merry, busy crew ; 
They painted with splendor each floating 
cloud 

And the sky while passing through. 

'' Shine on, little stars, if you like," they 
cried, 
'' We will weave a golden screen 
That soon all your twinkling and light shall 
hide, 
Though the Moon may peep between, ' ' 

The Sunbeams then in through the windows 
crept 
To the children in their beds — 

* From " In the Child's World," byEmilie Poulsson. Mil- 
ton Bradley Company, Publishers. Used by special arrange- 
ment. 



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They poked at the eyelids of those who slept, 

Gilded all the little heads. 
*' Wake up, little children! " they cried in 
glee, 
' ' And from Dreamland come away ! 
We've brought you a present, wake up and 
see! 
We Ve brought you a sunny day ! ' ' 

Emilie Poulsson. 
THE FIRE-FLY 

And the little Hiawatha 
Saw the fire-fly, Wah-wah-taysee, 
Flitting through the dust of evening. 
With the twinkle of its candle 
Lighting up the brakes and bushes, 
And he sang the song of children. 
Sang the song Nokomis taught him : 
'' Wah-wah-taysee, little fire-fly, 
Little, flitting, white-fire insect. 
Little, dancing, white-fire creature, 
Light me with your little candle, 
Ere upon my bed I lay me. 
Ere in sleep I close my eyelids ! ' ' 

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. 



A penny saved is a penny earned. 

And word by word is each lesson learned. 



AND SUPPLEMENTARY READING 5l 



LADY MOON 

** Lady Moon, Lady Moon, where are you 
roving! " 

' ' Over the sea. ' ' 
** Lady Moon, Lady Moon, whom are you 
loving? " 

" All that love me." 



'' Are you not tired with rolling and never 

Resting to sleep? 
Why look so pale and so sad, as forever 

Wishing to weep? " 



^' Ask me not this, little child, if you love me ; 

You are too bold. 
I must obey my dear Father above me, 

And do as I'm told." 



" Lady Moon, Lady Moon, where are you 
roving? " 

' ' Over the sea. ' ' 
" Lady Moon, Lady Moon, whom are you 
loving? " 

" All that love me." 

Lord Houghton. 



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DAINTY LITTLE MAIDEN 

Dainty little maiden, whither would you 
wander 1 
Whither from this pretty home, the home 
where mother dwells? 
" Far and far away," said the dainty little 

maiden, 
'^ All among the gardens, auriculas, anem- 
ones, 
Roses and lilies and Canterbury-bells." 
Dainty little maiden, whither would you 
wander ? 
Whither from this pretty house, this city- 
house of ours 1 
'* Far and far away," said the dainty little 

maiden, 
* ' All among the meadows, the clover and the 
clematis. 
Daisies and kingcups and honeysuckle- 
flowers." 

Alfred Tennyson. 



As bare as the back of my hand. 
All is not gold that glitters. 



An old dog will learn no new tricks. 



AND SUPPLEMENTARY BEADING 63 

AMERICA 

My country! 'tis of thee, 

Sweet land of liberty, 
Of thee I sing : 

Land where my fathers died ! 
Land of the pilgrims ' pride ! 

From every mountain side 
Let Freedom ring. 

My native country, thee — 

Land of the noble free — 
Thy name I love ; 

I love thy rocks and rills, 
Thy woods and templed hills ; 

My heart with rapture thrills 
Like that above. 

Let music swell the breeze. 

And ring from all the trees 

Sweet freedom's song; 

Let mortal tongues awake ; 

Let all that breathe partake ; 

Let rocks their silence break, — 

The sound prolong. 

Our fathers ' God ! to Thee, 

Author of liberty, 
To Thee we sing; 

Long may our land be bright 
With freedom's holy light; 



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Protect us by Thy might, 
Great God, our King! 

Samuel Francis Smith, D. D. 
HOME, SWEET HOME 

'Mid pleasures and palaces though we may 
roam. 
Be it ever so humble, there's no place like 
home; 
A charm from the skies seems to hallow us 
there, 
Which, seek thro' the world, is ne'er met 
with elsewhere. 

Home, home, sweet, sweet home, 

Be it ever so humble, 
There's no place like home. 

I gaze on the moon as I tread the drear wild. 
And feel that my mother now thinks of her 
child, 
As she looks on that moon from our own cot- 
tage door, 
Thro' the woodbine whose fragrance shall 
cheer me no more. 

An exile from home, splendor dazzles in vain ; 
Oh, give me my lowly thatch 'd cottage 
again ; 



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The birds singing gaily, that came at my 
call; 
Give me them, and that peace of mind, 
dearer than all. 

JoJm Howard Pagne. 
THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER 

Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early 
light. 
What so proudly we liail'd at the twilight's 
last gleaming. 
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' 
the perilous fight, 
O'er the ramparts we watch 'd, were so gal- 
lantly streaming? 
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs burst- 
ing in air. 
Gave proof thro' the night that our flag 
was still there. 

Chorus. 

Oh, say, does that star-spangled banner yet 
wave 
O'er the land of the free, and the home of 
the brave? 

On the shore dimly seen thro' the mists of 
the deep. 



LVC. 



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Where the foe's haughty host in dread 
silence reposes, 
What is that which the breeze, o'er the tower- 
ing steep. 

As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half dis- 
closes f 
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's 
first beam. 

In full glory reflected, now shines on the 
stream. 

Chorus. 

'Tis the star-spangled banner ; oh, long may 
it wave 
O'er the land of the free, and the home of 
the brave. 

And where is that band who so vauntingly 
swore. 
That the havoc of war and the battle's con- 
fusion, 
A home and a country should leave us no 
more? 
Their blood has wash'd out their foul foot- 
steps' pollution. 
No refuge could save the hireling and slave 
From the terror of flight or the gloom of 
the grave. 



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Chorus. 

And the star-spangled banner in triumph 
doth wave 
O'er the land of the free and the home of 
the brave. 

Oh, thus be it ever when freemen shall stand 
Between their loved homes and wild war's 
desolation ; 
Blest with vict 'ry and peace may the heav 'n- 
rescued land 
Praise the pow'r that hath made and pre- 
serv'd us a nation! 
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is 
just. 
And this be our motto : ' ' In God is our 
trust! " 

Chorus. 

And the star-spangled banner in triumph 
shall wave 
O'er the land of the free and the home of 
the brave. 

Francis Scott Key. 



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HAIL, COLUMBIA I 

Hail, Columbia ! happy land ! 

Hail, ye heroes, heav'n-born band! 
Who fought and bled in Freedom's cause; 

And when the storm of war was gone, 
Enjoyed the peace your valor won. 

Let independence be our boast. 
Ever mindful what it cost. 

Ever grateful for the prize. 
Let its altar reach the skies. 



Firm united let us be. 

Rallying round our liberty! 

As a band of brothers joined. 
Peace and safety we shall find. 



Immortal patriots, rise once more ! 

Defend your rights, defend your shore ; 
Let no rude foe, with impious hand. 

Invade the shrine where sacred lies. 
Of toil and blood the well-earned prize; 

While offering peace sincere and just, 
In Heav'n we place a manly trust. 

That truth and justice shall prevail, 
And every scheme of bondage fail. 

Joseph Hopkinson. 



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THE AMERICAN FLAG 

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Unfurled her standard to the air, 

She tore the azure robe of night 
And set the stars of glory there. 



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With freedom's soil beneath our feet, 
And freedom's banner streaming o'er us. 

Flag of the free heart's hope and home, 

By angel hands to valor giv'n, 
Thy stars have lit the welkin dome. 

And all thy hues were born in heav'n. 

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Miscellaneous. 



TITLE 

A Battle, .... 

After Vacation, 

A Good Name, 

Americanism, 

As Thy Day Thy Strength Shall Be, 

A Strange Experience, . 

A Swedish Poem, . 

At Graduating Time, 

A Turkish Tradition, 

Before Vicksburg, 

Beside the Railway Track, . 

Commencement Day, 

Compromise of Principle, 

Employ Your Own Intellect, 

Failed 

Flattering Grandma, 

Forward, .... 

aettiiig the Right Start, 

aiimpses into Cloudland, 

How the Ransom Was Paid, 

" I Will Help You," 

Manhood, .... 

Heans of Acquiring Distinction, 

Mind Your Business, 

National Progress, 

Only a Little, 

Only a Little Thing, 

Only in Dreams, 

Our Country, 

Some Old School Books, 

Sparrows, .... 

The Amen of the Rocks, 

The American Constitution, 

The Angel of Dawn, 

The Barbarous Chief, . . 

The Beautiful in Creation, 

The Coast-Guard, . 

The Daily Task, 

The Demon on the Roof, . 



AnTHOB 

Charles Sumner, 



Joel Hawen, 
Heni-y Cabot Lodge, 

Josephine Pollard, 



W. D. Potter, . 
Henry Ward Beecher, 

Phillips Thompson, 



Susan GooUdge, 
Joseph Gilbert Holland, 
H. W. Longfellow, 

Wolstan Dixey, 
Oeorge K. Morris, 
Sydney Smith, 
Wolstan Dixey, 
William McKinle^ 
Bora Goodale, 
Mrs. M. P. Handy, 
Joseph Gilbert Holland, 
Epes Sargent, 

Adeline D. T. Whitney, 
Christian Gilbert, 
Alexander Hamilton, 
J. S. Cutler, 
Ella Wheeler Wilcox, 
Timothy Dwiqht, 
Emily Huntington Miller, 
Marianne Farringham, 
Josephine Pollard, 



Miscellaneous — Continited. 



AUTHOR 

Henry Abbey, 
diaries Mackay, 



Susan Coelidge, 
Marianne Farntngham, 
James O. Blaine, 



TITLE 

The Drawbridge Keeper, 
The Friend of My Heart, 

The Inquiry 

The Light-house, .... 

The Little Grave 

'i'he Little Messenger of Love, 

The Monk's Vision, 

The Old Stone Basin, . 

The People's Holidays, . 

The Permanence of Grant's Fame, 

The Silver Bird's Nest, .... .... 

The Southern Soldier, .... Henry W. Grady, 

The Unconscious Greatness of Stonewall 

Jackson, Moses D. Hodges, D. D., 

The University the Training Camp of the 

Future, Henry W. Grady, 

Things to Remember, .... ... 

True Heroism, .... 

True Liberty, F. W. Robertson, 

True Patriotism is Unselfish, . . Geoi-ge William Curtis, 
" Wash Dolly up Like That," . Eleanor Kirk Ames, 

What of That? .... 

"What's the Lesson f(» To-day r- . .... 

When Grandpa Was a Little Boy, . Malcolm Dmglaa, 

Concert Recitations. 



Cavalry Song 

Songs of the Seasons, 

Song of the Steamer £ngine, 

Summer Storm, 

The Cataract of Lodore, 

The Charge at Waterloo, 

The Child on the Judgment Seat, 

The Coming of Spring, 

The Death of Our Almanac, 

The Good Time Coming, 

The Sorrow of the Sea, 

The Two Glasses, . 

Two Epitaphs, 

Who Is It? .... 



Edmund C. Stedman, 
Mtta E. B. Thome, 
C. B LeRow, 
James Russell Lowell, 
Robert Southey, 
Walter Scott, 
E. Charles, 
Wilhelm Muller, 
Henry Ward Beecher, 
Charles Mackay, 
C. B. A., . . 
C. B. A., . 
From the German, 



Selections for Musical Accompaniment. 

A Winter Song " St. Nicholas," 

Extract from Hiawatha's Wedding Feast, E. W. Longfellow, 

Hope's Song, ....... Hden M. Winslow, 

Rock of Ages. . . . s . Ella Maud Moore, 



Selections for Musical Accompaniment — 

Continued. 



TITLE 

The Angelue, 

The Concert Rehearsal, 

The Sunrise Never Failed Us Yet, 



AUTHOR 

Frances L. Mace, 
Wolstan JJiuey, 
Celia Tkaxter, 



Poets' Birthdays. 

William Cullkn Betant. 



A Bryant Alphabet, 
Extract coucerning Bryant, 



Green River, . 

The Hurricane, 

The Night Journey of a River, 

The Third of November, 

The Violet, 

To William CuUen Bryant, 



Compiler, 

Eev. Henry W. Bellows, 

John Bigelow, 

George William Curtis, 

Edwin P. Whipple, 

William CuUen Bryant, 



Fitz- Greene Ealleck, 



Ralph Waldo Emerson. 



A*t 

An Emerson Alphabet, 
Emerson, . . . , 

Extract conceruing Emerson, 



from "Compensation," 
" " Works and Days, 
The Concord Fight, 
TheRhodora, .... 



Jialph Waldo Emerson, 
Compiler, 

Elizabeth C. Kinney, 
Bev. C. A. Bartol, 
George Willis Cooke, 
Oliver Wendell Holmes, 
Protap C. Mozoomdar, 
Horace E. Scudder, 
Balph Waldo Emerson, 



Oliver Wendell Holmes. 



A Holmes Alphabet, 
Extract concerning Holmes, 



International Ode, .... 
James Russell Lowell's Birthday Festival, 

Our A utocrat, 

The Two Streams 

Under the Washington Elm. . . 



Compiler, 

George William Curtis, 
Charles W. Eliot, 
Wm. Sloane Kennedy, 
Rev. Ray Palmer, 
Frances H. Underwood, 
Oliver Wendell Holmes, 

John Greenleaf Whittler, 
Oliver Wendell Holmes, 



Poets' Birthdays — Continued. 

TITLE 

Henry Wadbworth Longfellow. 



A Longfellow Alphabet, 

l^harles Sumner, 

Extract concerning Longfellow, 



Henry Wadeworth Longfellow, 
Loss and Gain, 

Musings, 

The City and the Sea, . 



Compiler, , 
H. W. Lmcifellow, 
George William Curtis, 
Bev. O. B. Frothingham, 
Rev. M. J. Savage, 
Richard H. StoMard, 
John Greenleaf Whittier, 
William W. Story, 
H. W. Longfellow, 



Jahes Russell Lowell. 



Abraham Lincoln, . 
A Lowell Alphabet, 
Extract concerning Lowell, 



Freedom, 

The First Snowfall, 

To James Ruisell Lowell, 

Wendell Phillips, . 



James Bvssell LoweU, 

Comidler, 

David W. Bartlett, 

Eev. H. R. Haweis, 

•' North British Review,' 

W. C. Wilkinson, 

Frances II. Underwood, 

James Russell Lowell, 

Oliver Wendell Holmes, 
James Russell Lowell, 



John Greenleaf Whittier. 



A Whittier Alphabet, 
Extract concerning Whittier, 



The Light that is Pelt, . 
The Moia. Warfare, 
To Children of Girard, Pa., 
John G. Whittier, . 



Compiler, . . 
John Bright, 
Horace E. Scudder, 
Richard H. Stoddard, 
Frances B. Underwood, 
Rev. David A. Watson, 
John Greenleaf Whittier, 



James Russell Lowell, 



Temperance. 



It Is Coming 

The Cry of Personal ijiberty, 
The Great National Scourge, 
The Temperance Pledge, , 
Water 



Words of Cheer, 



M. Florence Mosher, 
Bt. Rev. Bishop Ireland, 

Thos. Francis Marshall, 



Thomas H. Barker, 



The Seasons. 

TITLE ArTHOK 

An April Day Mrs. Sovthey, 

Au Autumn Day, Margaret E. Sangster, 

A Song of Waking Katharine Lee Bates, 

A Summer Day, .... 

December Loima Parson" Hopkins, 

Early Autumn Dart Fairthorne, 

Faded Leaves, Alice Gary, 

Frost Work Mary E. Brt(dley, 

Indian Summer, John Greenleaf Whiliier, 

January, Rosaline E. Jones, 

June, ....... .... 

May, .... 

November, Hartley Coleridge, 

October, Widiam Cullen Bryant, 

September, 1815, William Wordsworth, 

Talking in Their Sleep, .... Edith M. Thomas, 

The Spring, Mary llowitt. 

The Voice of Spring, .... Mi-s. Remans, 

Winter, Robert Southey, 

Flowers. 

A Bunch of Cowslips, .... .... 

A September Violet .... 

Chrysanthemums, Mrs. Mary E. Dodge^ 

Daffodils, Robert Herrick, 

Ferns, ... 

Flower Dreams, ... 

Golden Rod, Lucy Larcom, 

No Flowers, ... 

Oh. Golden Rod W. L Jaquith, 

Ragged Sailors, ... 

Roses, ... 

Sweet Peas, ... 

The Daisy John Mason Good, 

The Golden Flower, .... Oliver Wendell Holmes, 
The Message of the Snow-Drop. . . .... 

The Trailing Arbutus John Greenleaf Whittier, 

The Wild Violet Hannah F. Gould, 

To the Dandelion James Russell LoweU, 

Lincoln's Birthday. 

Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, 

Abraham Lincoln's Place in History, . Bishop John P. Newman, 

Abraham Lincoln, the Martyr, . . Henry Ward Beecher, 



Lincoln's Birthdaj— Continued. 



TITLE 

Address of Abraham Lincoln, 

Lincoln, 

Lincoln's Birthday, 
The Religious Character of 
Lincoln, .... 



President 



Ida Vone Woodbury, 



Bev. P. D. Ourley, D. D., 



Washington's Birthday. 



Crown Our Wasliinaton, 

George Washington 

Original Maxims of George Washington, 
Our Washington, . . , 
The Birthday of Washington, 
The Character of Washington, 
The Faith of Washington, 
The Memory of Washington, 
The Twenty-second of February, 
The Unselfishness of Wasliington, 
The Washington Monument, 
Washington, .... 
Washington a Model for Youth, 
Washington's Birthday, . 
Washington's Fame, 
Washington's Training, 

Arbor Day. 

Arbor Day History, .... 
Every-day Botany, .... 

Song of Arbor Day, .... 
Song of the Maple, .... 

Plant a Tree, 

The Cedars of Lebanon, 

The Little Brown Seed in the Farrow, 

The Pine Tree, 

The Song of the Pine, .... 
The Tree's Choice, .... 

Three Trees 

What Do We When We Plsnt the Tree? 



Hezeklah Butterworth, 



Eliza W. DurUn, 
Rufus Choate, 
Henry Cabot Lodge, 
Frederic R. Coudert, 
E. Everett, 

William Cullen Bryant, 
Robert Treat Paine, 
Robert C. WiiUhrop, 



Timothy Dwight, 
Margaret E. Sangster, 
Asher Robbins, 
Charles W. Vpham, 



K. G. WeUs, 
Katherine H. Perry, 
Sarah J. Pettinos, 
R. M. Streeter, 
Lucy Larcom, 
Letitia E. Landon, 
Ida W. Benham, 



James Buckham, 
Grace B. Carter, 
Charles H. Crandall, 
Henry Abbey, 



A Ballad of Heroes, 
Army of the Potomac, 
Between the Graves, 
Decoration Day, 
Decoration Hymn, . 
Flowers for the Brave, 



Decoration Day. 

Austin Dob$on, 



Harriet Prescott Spofford, 
Wallace Bruce, 
William H. Randall, 
Celia Thaxter. 



Decoration "DVky— Continued. 

TITLE AUTHOR 

Flowers for the Fallen Heroes, . . U. W. Chapman, 

For Our Dead, Clinton HcoUai'd, 

Little Nan, .... 

Memorial Day Margaret Sidney, 

Ode for Decoration Day, . . . Henry Peterson, . 
O Martyrs Numberless, .... .... 

Our Comrades, .... 

Our Heroes' Graves, .... .... 

Our Honored Heroes, . . . . S. F. Smith, 

Sleep, Comrades, Sleep, . . . E. W. Longfellmv, 

The Heroes' Day, .... 

The Silent Grand Army, . . . E.M.B. C, 

The Soldier's Burial, .... Carolitie Norton, 



Flag Day. 



No Slave Beneath the Flag, 
Ode to the American Flag, 
Our Cherished Flag, 

Our Flag 

*' Rally Round the Flag! " 
The American Flag, 
The Flag, 

The Flag of Our Country, 
The Flower of Liberty, . 
The Stars and Strip3S, . 



George Lansing Taylor, 

Joseph Bodtnan Drake, 

Montgomery, 

Henry Ward Beecher, 

A. L. Stone, 

Henry Ward Beecher, 

Henry Lynden Flash, 

Robert C. Winthrop, 

Oliver Wendell Holmes, 



July Fourth. 



A New National Hymn, 

*' Fourth of July," . 

Freedom's Natal Day, . 

The Declaration of Independence, 

The Nation's Birthday, . 

The New Liberty Bell, . 

The Principles of the Revolution, 



F. Marion. Crawford, 
J. Pierpont, 
Elizabeth M. Griswold, 
John Quincy Adams, 
Mary E. Vandyne, 
H. B. C, . . 
Josiah Quincy, . 



Labor Day. 

Idleness a Crime, Henry B. Carrington, 

Knights of Labor, T. V. Powderly, 

Labor, Rev. Orville Dewey, 

No Excellence without Labor, . . William Wirt, 

Opportunity to Labor^ .... T/u>mas Brackett Reed, 
The Dignity of Labor, .... .... 

Toll, .... 

Work ThomoB CarlyUt 



Thanksgiving. 



TITLE 

A Thanksgiving Prayer, 

For a Warning, 

Give Thanks, .... 

Harvest Hymn, 

How the I'ilttrims Gave Thanks, 

Our Thanksgiving Accept, . 

Thanksgiving, 

" Among the Greeks, 

" 11 11 Jews, 

" for His House, 

" Hymn, 

Ode. . 
Thanksgivings of Old, . 
That Things are No Worse, Sire, 
The First Boston Thanksgiving— July, 
The First English Thanksgiving in 

York 

The First National Thanksgiving, 
The First Thankgiving Proclamation 

Issued by George Washington, 
The Day of Thanksgiving, . 
The Old Thanksgiving Days, 
Washington's Proclamation, 



AUTHOR 

C. B. Le How, 

John Greenleaf Whittier 

W. D. Howells, 



Robert Herrick, 



John Oreenleaf Whittier, 
E. A. Smylkr, 
Helen Hunt Jackson, 



1631, 
New 



Henry Ward Beecher, 
Ernest W. Shurtleff, 



Christmas. 

A Christmas Thought, .... Lticy Larcom, 

" " about Dickens, Bertha S. Scranton, 

' Question, . . . Rev. Minot J. Savage, 

A Merry Christmas and A Glad New Yewc, George Cooper, 

A Schemer, Edgar L. Warren, 

A Secret, Mrs. G. M. Howard, 

A Telephone Message, .... .... 

Bells of Yule, Alfred Tennyson, 

Christmas Bells, H. W. Longfellow, 

" in Olden Time, . . . Sir Walter Scott, 

" Roses, May Riley Smith, 

Ode on Christmas, J. E. Clinton, 

Old Christmas, .... 

"Quite Like a Stocking," . . . Thomas Bailey Aldrich, 

The Day of Days, .... 

The Christmas Peal Harriet Prescott Spoffordi 

The Little Christmas-Tree, . . . Susan Coolidge, 

The Little Mud-Sparrows, . . . Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, 

The Merry Christmas-Time, . . George Arnold, 

The Nativity, Louisa Parsons Hopkins, 

The Star in the West Eezekiah Butterworth, 



"New Year's. 



TITLE 

Mdreps to the New Tear, 

A New Year, . 

A New Year's Address, 

A New Year's Guest, 

Another Year, 

Dawn of the Century, 

Grandpa and Bess, 

New Year's Day, 

New Year's Resolve, 

Next Year, 

One More Year, 

On the Threshold, . 

Ring, Joyful Bells! 

The Book of the New Y'^ar, 

The Child and the Year, 

The New Year, 

The Fassiag Year, . 



AUTHOR 

Dinah Mulock Craik, 
Margaret E. Songster, 
Edward Brooks, 
Eliza F. Moriarty, 
Thomas O'Hagan, 
Anna H. Thome, 
K Huntingdon Miller, 

Ella Wheeler Wilcox, 

Nora Perry, 

A Xorton, 

A. n. Baldwin, 

Violet Fuller, 

Celia Thaxttiy 
George Cooper, 



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